500 Escudos banknote, 1997, João de Barros, Series 10A930101, Uncirculated

500 Escudos 1997 João de Barros Plate: 13 Lisbon 17 April 1997, Five Hundred Escudos (500$00) 17/04/1997 Plate: 13 Bank of Portugal, Serial number: 10A930101, Signatures The Governor: António José Fernandes de Sousa - The Director: Bernardino Manuel da Costa Pereira, World Paper Money Portugal Pick#187

Condition: Uncirculated

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Description:

• Issuer: BANCO DE PORTUGAL
• Plate: 13
• Date: Lisbon, 17 April 1997
• Dimensions: 125 x 68 mm
• Main illustration on the front of the banknote: João de Barros
• Main illustration on the back of the banknote: scene of life in India – sphere of letters
• International references: World Paper Money – Portugal Pick#187a
• Serial number: 10A930101
• Signatures:

1. The Governor: António José Fernandes de Sousa
2. The Administrator: Bernardino Manuel da Costa Pereira

Issues: 95,000,000

• 40,000,000 banknotes dated 17 April 1997, 39,000,000 banknotes dated 11 September 1997 and 16,000,000 banknotes dated 7 November 2000 (First issue: 17 September 1997)
• Withdrawn from circulation: 28/02/2002
• The 500$00 banknotes featuring João de Barros have three issue dates: 17 April 1997, 11 September 1997 and 7 November 2000. However, there are variants relating to signatures, prefixes and serial numbers.

To collect Portuguese 500-escudo notes issued by the Bank of Portugal, discover the 13 series in chronological order: the 500$00 note, series 1, featuring João de Deus; the 500$00 note, series 2, 1922, featuring Vasco da Gama; the 500$00 note, series 4, featuring the Duke of Palmela; 500$00 note 1932, design 5: José da Silva Carvalho; 500$00 note 1938, design 6: Infante D. Henrique; 500$00 note 1942, design 7: Damião de Gois; 500$00 note, plate 8, D. João IV, 500$00 note 1958, plate 9, D. Francisco de Almeida, 500$00 note, plate 10, D. João II, 500$00 note, plate 11 1979 Francisco Sanches, 500$00 note, plate 12 Mouzinho da Silveira and 500$00 note, plate 13 João de Barros, noting that different plates feature different dates.

Each issue of banknotes features different variants, collectable for their various dates, signatures, prefixes and serial numbers, as well as errors and other characteristics that lead collectors to expand their collections.

Bibliographical References: Bank of Portugal catalogue "O PAPEL-MOEDA EM PORTUGAL" - ‘PAPER MONEY IN PORTUGAL’

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Nota de 500 Escudos de 1997, Banco de Portugal, com a figura de João de Barros. Série 10A930101 em estado Não Circulada (UNC)